TmF BRTISH be promised by operation, or by operation= combined with injection, in this type of case.3. In a very small proportion of cases injection alone is not entirely successful, and ligation of the internal saphena vein below its upper end is indicated as an adjuvant; but no evidence sufficiently strong has yet been published to justify primary saphena ligation in preference to primary injection with salicylate-saline solution.4. The classified results of other methods of injection after a three-year interval would, if published, advance the subject considerably.The results given by the non- guidable solutions-for example, quinine, sodium morrhu- ate, and the sugars-are especially called for. 5. Experience tends to show that almost all cases which have failed to react to other solutions can be successfully treated with salicylate-saline solution.6.The converse is not true, but sodium morrhuate appears to answer well in short lengths of vein when salicylate fails.7. Longer iintervals than those commonly given between injections are evidently necessary if the accepted pathology of sclerosis is to be the guiding principle in treatment.8. Improvements in the pathological diagnosis of cases unsuccessfully injected may be expected from the applica- tion of the newer radiological methods of investigation.9. Unna's paste bandage applied in the hydrostatic -manner gives much better results than are obtained by the modern elastic-pressure applications.Our thanks are due to the members of the staff of the Aberdeen Royal lInfirmary for their help oIn many occasions.
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Luff et al. (1935) studied this question.